Bearing for hydraulic-turbine seafts



E. U. GIBBS.

BEARING FOR HYDRAULIC TURBINE SHAFTS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7, 1921.

Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

2J g /0 Il ll o 11.7? zo ,72 om it may conceivii it lrnorn that l., EUGENE ll. Grens, a 'E tlie United `Sly-atlas3 residing at the county or York and State of Amia. v'nave invented new and useeroents in idear-ings tor Hyoif which the loltion relates to a bearing for on hydraulic turbine shafts and particu- Zv to en adjustable GVnide bearing oit the coie type. tne object o; ,ie invention being to a bearing of this class having 1 1 .A L .h nl ine turbine, remove ne bearing, an nt a nenv lining in order to taire up the Wear.

Vfliere a snare iining is not kept on band it is necessary to shut dovvn the turbine until a new lining can be procured.y

@ne oi' tlie objects of tiiis invention is to produce a bearing vvliicn may be adjusted to taire Wear While the turbine or other machine supported by the bearing is in operation. and tlius avoid tlie' neceity of sluitting down the machine in order to take up' weer in the bearing.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

in the drawing:

Fig. l is a transverse section through the upper part of the enclosing :trarne ot a hydraulic turbine, snowing tbe improved bearing applied to a part of the turbine sliai't, the section being taken on the line l-l, Fig. 2.

Fig. 'i2 is a horizontal section through the turbine shaft and a part of tbe bearing.

The numeral 5 designates a hydraulic turbine shaft which will be operated as usual. Mounted on the shaft 5 is a. bronze sleeve 6 which is inode sectional or in halves and is lield together by gibhead keys 7, the sleeve asa Whole being secured to the shaft by a straight key 8, as shown by 2. 'Elie L'VANEA, ASSGNE A, i. PENNE.;

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de surlli@ inner edges.

oi these bearing or lignuin vit strips ere l turned and finished conical, to snugly engage and correspond to tlie outer tapered surface orR tbe bronze sleeve 6. "'llie outer suraces 13 of the trarne l() -are'cylindrical and it in a corresponding bore of a' stationary frame or support l5, which provides an enclosure for tbe bearing. @be traine l0 is prevented troni rotating vvitliin the trame l5 by keys l@ introduced bet the said trarne l0 and stationary trarne or I support 15, as clearly` shown by Fim 1 Th@ jKeys lo' permit the frame vi0 to slideparallel l with the shaft but obstruct rotation orn frame. ilhere the sur-faces ot the trarne l() come into contact witli portions of the trarne l5, a bronze facing strip or strips i7 are interposed, to prevent the vcontiguous surfaces ot' these trames :trono rusting and sticking together. A cover platel 18 is applied to the trarne 15, as shown, to serve as a closure for a purpose which will be presently explained. The trarne l0 has outwardly projecting flange members i9 'carrying screw studs 20 and set screws 2l, tlie latter screws being provided with set nuts 22. The scren7 studs 2O are terminally seated in screw bores 23 formed in an annular shoulder' 24 et the trarne l5, tlie said studs 2() loosely extending through bores 25 in the parts ot the annular flange 19. llacli stud 20 is provided `with an adjusting nut 26. rClie improved bearing is of the Water lubricated type and the cover plate i8 is firmly secured and positioned as sloovvn., to .prevent the Water from over-flowing out ot the bearing. The cover plate is 'a vvell known structure and forms no part of tbe present invention. I

VVhen the Wood surfaces or the inner edges of the lignum vitae bearing strips l2 become Worn and the bearlng on tlie slieitt can move out ot its normal position, the adjustrnent of the parts to take up or compensate tor weer is accomplished through the set screws 21 and studs 20. llhe set screws` 2l are tiret slaclrened od and the studs 2O are dravvndown and the bronze sleeve 6 is moved parallel to the axis of the shaft 5, and the surrounding frame is then set to bring the inner surfaces thereof in contact with the said sleeve, thus eliminating the wear space between the said sleeve and the lignum vitae strips l2. Bythis simple operation the bearing will be restored to normal condition and suoli operation may be repeated when found necessary to compensate tor Wear, with material advantages in the operation of the shaft 5.

l/Vhat is claimed as new is:

l. ln a bearing of the class specified, the combination With a shaft, oit a sleeve having an inner longitudinally straight bore to snugly receive the shaft and an outer tapered surface, and an adjustable benring frame completely surrounding' the sleeve and formed with a plurality of longitudi nally disposed inner grooves with space strips of Wood secured therein, the space strips having their inner edges tapered similarly to and bearing upon the outer surface of the sleeve.

2. ln a bearing' of theI class specified, the combination With a shaft, of a sleeve snugly fitted over the shaft and having an outer tapered surface, and an adjustable frame completely surrounding the sleeve and hav-.' ing inner longitudinal grooves with tapered Wood strips secured in said grooves to engage theouter tapered surface of the sleeve.

3. ln a bearing' of the class specified, the combination With a shaft, of a sleeve snugly fitted and completely enclosing a portion of the shaft, the said sleeve in part being spaced from the surface of the shaft and having an outer tapered bearing surface,.

teasers lthe said sleeve, and longitudinally disposed lignum vitae strips secured in the inner Iside or the adjustable frame and having in' u 4inner tapered edges bearing on the outer surface of the sleeve, a fixed trame surroundingthe adjustable frame, and means` interposed between a portion of the adjust- 1 able frame and the fixed framefor shitting the said adjustable frame and strips carried thereby to compensate for Wear.

`5. ln a bearing ofthe class specified, the combination With a shaft, of a bearing sleeve completelysurrounding a portion of the shaft and having an outer member spaced frbm the shaft and provided With an outer tapered bearing face, an outer fixed enclosing frame, and an intermediate frame completely surrounding the sleeve and having sliding adjustment in the outer fixed frame and carryinglongitudinally disposed Wooden strips provided with tapered inner edges engaging the outer tapered surface of the sleeve.

ln testimony whereof ll have hereunto set my hand 1n presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

j EUGENE U. GBBS. Witnesses:

MARY GATES,

M. J. RArrnivsBnusnn. 

